house Bill H.R. 450

Should Defrauding Veterans Be Criminalized?

Argument in favor

Veterans — especially those in low-income housing and assisted living facilities — are one of the most vulnerable populations in the U.S., and they should be protected against fraudsters targeting their well-deserved veterans’ benefits.

Talk about defrauding. We have a president that is attempting to redefine dignity and respect and honesty to mean anything Donald does or says. The blemish in our highest political level has tarnished every level of our political scene. You can't just unsee corruption.

Veterans deserve the very best from us always in regards to everything. We can never thank them enough!!

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Argument opposed

Financial fraud is already a crime in all fifty states, so there shouldn’t be a need for another specific federal law criminalizing fraud against veterans. The crimes described in this bill should already be illegal in all states.

Isn’t it a crime to defraud anyone already? Just more useless shit, trying to make it look like they’re doing something? Where are the education, healthcare, climate change, air and water pollution, etc., bills? Quit this bullshit and get on to something of substance, you assholes!

Bill Data

What is House Bill H.R. 450?

This bill — the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019 — would make it a crime to knowingly engage in any scheme to defraud a veteran of his or her veterans’ benefits, or to knowingly engage in fraud in connection with obtaining veterans’ benefits for that individual. Anyone convicted of defrauding veterans could be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both.

Impact

Veterans; fraudsters; veterans’ benefits; law enforcement; and the VA.

Cost of House Bill H.R. 450

$0.00

When this bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, the CBO estimated that it wouldn’t cost any significant money to enact, since it’d apply to a relatively small number of offenders.

"Pension poaching is not only illegal, it's a despicable and immoral practice. These scammers are getting more and more sophisticated in how they identify and deceive vulnerable veterans with lofty promises to help them with their pensions while charging outrageous fees."

Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), who was a cosponsor of this bill in the previous Congress, added:

“Anybody who seeks to financially exploit the men and women who have served our country and cheat them out of their hard-earned VA benefits should answer to their wrongdoings and face harsh punishments for their crimes. Frankly, it’s appalling that there are people out there who are targeting our veterans, especially those in low-income housing or those who are elderly. This commonsense legislation will help give prosecutors the tools they need to go after these criminals and protect our those who have done so much and risked their lives to serve our country.”

The Reserve Officers Association (ROA) supported this bill in the 115th Congress, writing:

“The VA administration faces increasing medical appointment backlogs making it difficult for veterans to receive their benefits in a timely fashion. Facing delayed service deliveries, veterans have become impatient and nefarious individuals have sought to take advantage of their frustration. Those who commit fraud will, at times, falsely claim they can guarantee veterans quicker access to their benefits, all the [while] charging them fees for nonexistent services because the appeals process is a stop-by-stop process that includes requirements directed by law and formal rules… This example is illustrative, not encompassing of all the other methods persons use to defraud veterans of their hard-earned benefits. [This bill] recognizes the serious nature of this grave crime and ensures it could be prosecuted at the federal level. Additionally, elevating veteran fraud to a federal crime guarantees the courts will more consistently prosecute it. This makes intuitive sense given that the federal government provides veteran benefits and, thus, fraud against veterans should be taken as fraud against the federal government.”

Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019

Official Title

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.

Talk about defrauding. We have a president that is attempting to redefine dignity and respect and honesty to mean anything Donald does or says. The blemish in our highest political level has tarnished every level of our political scene. You can't just unsee corruption.

Isn’t it a crime to defraud anyone already? Just more useless shit, trying to make it look like they’re doing something? Where are the education, healthcare, climate change, air and water pollution, etc., bills? Quit this bullshit and get on to something of substance, you assholes!

I got news for members of Congress: Fraud is already a crime! We don’t need another law to criminalize it! We just simply need to ensure that we enforce these laws seriously in order to protect veterans and the rest of the U.S. population.

Defrauding anyone should be criminal, no matter veteran or not. Our politicians should be facing criminal charges when they defraud citizens. Destroying evidence is a crime! Bring Hillary up on criminal charges!

Our Veterans go through hell serving us and following orders of some of our stupid politicians, the least we can do for them is support them 100% for their sacrifice.
Anyone defrauding them should have the book thrown at them and the ket thrown away because if they can defraud those that fight for their freedoms, then they are true criminals that would defraud anyone they can.

House Bill H.R. 450 AKA the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act
I’m in very strong support of and recommend the passage of the House Bill H.R. 450 AKA the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019 — would make it a crime to knowingly engage in any scheme to defraud a veteran of his or her veterans’ benefits, or to knowingly engage in fraud in connection with obtaining veterans’ benefits for that individual. Anyone convicted of defrauding veterans could be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both.
Veterans — especially those in low-income housing and assisted living facilities — are one of the most vulnerable populations in the U.S., and they should be protected against fraudsters targeting their well-deserved veterans’ benefits.
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